Princeton Claims
It Undercharged
Donor Foundation

By

John Hechinger

Updated March 14, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

Princeton University, answering accusations that it misspent a huge donation for its renowned Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, said it actually undercharged the donor family's foundation $235 million for programs connected to the school.

The dispute concerns a gift the Robertson family, heirs to the A&P supermarket fortune, made in 1961. The family sued Princeton in 2002 saying the school had failed to use the gift for its intended purpose: training graduate students at the Woodrow Wilson...